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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Searching questions

    Launched from a garage by two students, Google has grown to become the internet's biggest success story. Michelle Madsen talks to European general counsel Nigel Jones about the paradox at his company's heart

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Finance lawyers under scrutiny as banking clients revisit deal terms

    Acquisition finance lawyers are braced for intense scrutiny of their work from key clients as banks pore over deal terms with a view to re-negotiating debt terms on a string of major buy-outs. Thanks to the impact of the August turmoil in global credit markets, leveraged buy-out (LBO) lawyers concede that banking clients are taking a critical look at deals terms after a string of 'pro-sponsor' deals that saw banks give favourable terms to private equity borrowers.

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Asia: Three's the charm

    With bulging workloads and a dearth of suitable lawyers, why are law firms stretching themselves to have a presence in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong? Dominic Carman speaks to China's top lawyers about the three-office debate

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Commentary: Finance lawyers all going on a summer holiday...

    A handful of desperately hopeful finance lawyers are still trotting out the line about market conditions being due to the usual August dip, but one partner rather more accurately sums up the collective mood by pointing out that "my banking clients are s***ing themselves".

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  • August 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Elite four lead on BA's £120m price-fixing charge

    Slaughter and May has taken a lead role on the high-profile BA price-fixing investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) opposite City rival Herbert Smith, with Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher & Barlett also picking up advisory roles. Competition partner William Sibree is leading the Slaughters team acting for regular corporate client BA, which was today fined a record £121.5m by the OFT after admitting speaking to Virgin Atlantic about fixing prices for fuel surcharges on long-haul passenger flights.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Elite four lead on BA's £120m price-fixing charge

    Slaughter and May has taken a lead role on the high-profile BA price-fixing investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) opposite City rival Herbert Smith, with Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher & Barlett also picking up advisory roles. Competition partner William Sibree is leading the Slaughters team acting for regular corporate client BA, which was today fined a record £121.5m by the OFT after admitting speaking to Virgin Atlantic about fixing prices for fuel surcharges on long-haul passenger flights.

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  • July 31, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields, Hengeler bag €11bn Siemens auto sale

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have taken the lead roles on the €11.4bn (£7.7bn) sale of Siemens VDO Automotive in the latest major deal for the German industrial conglomerate. Freshfields is advising car parts supplier Continental on what represents its largest-ever acquisition, fielding a team under Hamburg corporate partners Christoph Seibt and Marius Berenbrok.

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  • July 31, 2007 |

    Freshfields, Hengeler bag €11bn Siemens auto sale

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have taken the lead roles on the €11.4bn (£7.7bn) sale of Siemens VDO Automotive in the latest major deal for the German industrial conglomerate. Freshfields is advising car parts supplier Continental on what represents its largest-ever acquisition, fielding a team under Hamburg corporate partners Christoph Seibt and Marius Berenbrok.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Germany: The Freshfields effect

    Freshfields' partnership shake-up means more than a flurry of CVs for recruiters - the effects of the firm's restructuring are being felt throughout Germany's main legal centres. James Illman reports

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